Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Solar impulse


Solar impulse is an airplane driven by solar energy. It has about 12 thousand photovoltaic cells and it has an autonomy of about 36 hours. During the day, it uses solar energy. At night it uses energy accumulated in lituim batteries. It has been developed by a team coordinated by Bertrand Piccard.
The final goal of the project is a flight around the world with no stops.

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